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=Introduction= | =Introduction= | ||
RAC | If you have applied for resources in the Resource Allocation Competition (RAC), you will be notified shortly before the new RAC year of the results of your application. The RAC year typically begins the first week of April, so you should expect notification sometime in March. | ||
You (the PI) and your sponsored users can begin to use the awarded resources at the beginning of the RAC year. | |||
= Projects and accounts = | = Projects and accounts = | ||
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=Sponsored users= | =Sponsored users= | ||
Compute Canada accounts are ''per person:'' Account sharing is strictly forbidden. Each of | Compute Canada accounts are ''per person:'' Account sharing is strictly forbidden. Each of your students, employees, or collaborators who will use the resources should therefore obtain their own account under your sponsorship. They should go to the [https://ccdb.computecanada.ca Compute Canada database] to register in their own name, using your CCRI to indicate your sponsorship when filling out the web form. You (the sponsor) will receive an e-mail with a link to click on to confirm the sponsorship of this individual. There is no limit on the number of sponsored accounts that a PI can have, but such sponsorship should only be in the context of a genuine and sustained research collaboration. More details on the process of obtaining a Compute Canada account are available [https://www.computecanada.ca/research-portal/account-management/apply-for-an-account/ here]. | ||
By default, every role that you have sponsored through your Compute Canada Database (CCDB) registration has | By default, every role that you have sponsored through your Compute Canada Database (CCDB) registration has access to your RAC allocation. Any co-PIs that were listed on your RAC application will also have access. | ||
If you desire, you can limit the use of the allocation to select members of your group / co-PIs. To do so, please follow these instructions: | If you desire, you can limit the use of the allocation to select members of your group / co-PIs. To do so, please follow these instructions: | ||
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or, upon logging in, from the "My Account" drop down menu, select "Manage RAP Memberships". Change the Resource Allocation Project (RAP) to select your current allocation. The RAP associated with NRAC 2014 is your most current RAC allocation. | or, upon logging in, from the "My Account" drop down menu, select "Manage RAP Memberships". Change the Resource Allocation Project (RAP) to select your current allocation. The RAP associated with NRAC 2014 is your most current RAC allocation. | ||
3) Add | 3) Add or remove project members by clicking the green checkmarks or the red x's. If you do not have permission to edit project members, you may have the wrong RAP selected. The sponsored users of any co-PIs will also be listed and their permissions can be edited. From this page you can add someone else from your group to be the manager, who upon being appointed, will have the permission to edit project members. | ||
=Using a compute allocation on a cluster= | =Using a compute allocation on a cluster= | ||
When submitting a jobs to the scheduler on a cluster | When submitting a jobs to the scheduler on a cluster users will need to specify the account to be "billed" for this job, which is the means by which you and your collaborators can make use of any compute allocation you may have on a particular cluster. See [[Running_jobs#Accounts_and_projects | this page]] for more details. | ||
=Using allocated <code>/project</code> storage= | =Using allocated <code>/project</code> storage= | ||
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A <code>/project</code> storage allocation on one of the Compute Canada clusters is allocated as a directory of the form <code>/project/rrg-<PI name></code>. This directory is intended to be shared by all the PI's sponsored users. Details on the use of the project space are in the pages [[Project_layout]] and [[Sharing_data]]. | A <code>/project</code> storage allocation on one of the Compute Canada clusters is allocated as a directory of the form <code>/project/rrg-<PI name></code>. This directory is intended to be shared by all the PI's sponsored users. Details on the use of the project space are in the pages [[Project_layout]] and [[Sharing_data]]. | ||
Note that the PI also has the RAS (default) project space of the form <code>/project/def-<PI name></code>. | Note that the PI also has the RAS (default) project space of the form <code>/project/def-<PI name></code>. You may want to copy or move data from that default to the allocated <code>/project</code> directory. | ||
=Using a cloud allocation= | =Using a cloud allocation= | ||
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You should begin by reading some of the information about using Compute Canada's [[Cloud | cloud services]]. | You should begin by reading some of the information about using Compute Canada's [[Cloud | cloud services]]. | ||
* Links to terms of service and acceptable use should be included. | * Links to terms of service and acceptable use should be included. FIX ME | ||